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'To be an indispensable resource for healthcare finance'

Healthcare Financial Management, Wntr, 2008

The Healthcare Financial Management Association is the nation's leading personal membership organization for healthcare financial management professionals. HFMA brings perspective and clarity to the industry's complex issues to prepare the Association's members to succeed. Through our programs, publications, and partnerships, we enhance the capabilities that strengthen not only individual careers, but also the organizations from which our members come.

HFMA has more than 34,000 members employed by hospitals, integrated delivery systems, long-term and ambulatory care facilities, managed care organizations, medical group practices, public accounting and consulting firms, insurance companies, government agencies, and other healthcare organizations.

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In addition to the National Office in Westchester, Ill., HFMA has an office in Washington, D.C. HFMA is composed of 68 chapters across the United States and Puerto Rico. Local chapter membership is free upon joining HFMA.

HFMA Statements

Vision

"To be an indispensable resource for healthcare finance."

Purpose Statement

To define, realize, and advance the financial management of health care by helping members and others improve the business performance of organizations operating in or serving the healthcare field.

Quality Statement

Quality is the foundation of the Association and the keystone of its efforts to ensure member and customer satisfaction. HFMA's objectives are to:

* Consistently provide services and products that meet the quality expectations of its members, customers, and employees

* Actively pursue a program of continuous quality improvement that enables employees and volunteers to do their jobs right the first time

Quality is a major, strategic Association goal. It lies at the heart of everything done for members and customers. HFMA strives continually to improve the quality of services and products offered, the processes and procedures used to produce them, and the manner in which they are delivered.

Values Statement

* We believe that service to members is our highest priority.

* We believe in excellence in all that we do.

* We believe that teamwork is essential in meeting the objectives of HFMA.

* We believe in the importance of individuals.

* We believe in encouraging innovation and creativity.

* We believe in conducting HFMA with financial responsibility and a prudent approach to business.

Code of Ethics

As a member of the Healthcare Financial Management Association, I will endeavor to promote the highest standards of professional conduct by:

* Practicing honesty and maintaining personal integrity, including avoidance of conflicts of interest with those of my employer or the Healthcare Financial Management Association.

* Striving for the objective and fair presentation of financial information.

* Fostering excellence in healthcare financial management by keeping abreast of pertinent issues.

* Maintaining the confidentiality of privileged information.

* Promoting a greater understanding of financial management issues by others in the healthcare field, and seeking increased public understanding through communication about such issues.

* Seeking to maintain a reasonable balance between the quality and cost of health care.

Statement on Diversity

The Healthcare Financial Management Association values and respects diversity. Individual differences are viewed as assets that promote the growth and success of HFMA and its members. In principle and in practice, HFMA encourages and supports diverse individual view-points and contributions. HFMA believes that a diverse membership is a quality membership.

Health Care Industry

'To be an indispensable resource for healthcare finance'

Healthcare Financial Management, Wntr, 2008

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